Toy pistol



' UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHESTER F. SMITH, OF TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

TOY PISTOL.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 98,611, dated January 4, 1870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GHEs'rER F. SMITH, of Torrington, in the county of Litehield and State ot' Connecticut, h ave invented a new and useful Improvement in Self-Loading Toy Pistols; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The invention relates to toy pistols; and it consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement ot' parts, to be hereinafter more particularly specified.

Figure l is a longitudinal section of lny improved toy pistol, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the barrel, and B the magazine. The latter is arranged above the former and receives the balls at the breech through the well C, opening down from the top. This well continues down through the magazine and communicates with the barrel, which extends rearward slightly beyond the well, and has iixed at the bottom a coiled spring, D, carrying a plug, E, at its front end, having a pin, E, extending through it transversely and through slots F in the sides of the barrel. The ends, at a short distance i'romthe barrel, are provided with thumb-bits G.

H is the. catch-trigger, pointed at I to the stock, and provided with two catches, K, rising up at the sides of the barrel and engag ing the pin Einside the thumb-bits when the spring is retracted to hold it. 4The said catchvided with a spring, N, bearing against the stock and forcing catches K and L upward to hold the spring I) back, which is disengaged bypullin g the catch-trigger back against the said spring N and forcing it backward. It is held iu place by being set into a circular `recess in the stock.

O represents thefplate on the top ot' the magazine at the breech for supporting the usual vertical notched sighting-plate, P. For the purpose of utilizing this plate as the cover of the supply-well C, I have pivoted it at Q and extended it forward sufficiently for the purpose, as shown in Fig. 1, and thereby furnish the two devices cheaper than if made and attached separately. In like manner I arrange the pin R at the nozzle, which is drawn in to form the sight thereat to serve as a stop to prevent the escape of the balls and save the expense of plugging the end ot' the magazine, which is formed by boring from that end.

It will be seen that by raising the nozzle of the gun the-balls will roll to the rear and drop into the well, falling upon the spring, if extended, and into the barrel behind the catch L, and in frontof the spring, it' the latter is retracted; also, that the discharge of the spring will eject only the ball in front of it, the said spring passing under the one in the well above the one in front. The pistol is therefore selfloading, the magazine being charged with one or more balls, and to shoot the balls requires only the retracting and discharging of the spring. The former is done by taking the thumb-bits between the thumb and finger and pulling back until the pin is engaged by mthe catch.

The balls may be supplied to the magazine through Openings at otherplaces, and the magazine may be placed on the side ot the barrel; but I prefer the arrangement which I have shown.

Other arrangements of the plug E and pinV F with the spring may be made; and I do not confine myself to the precise arrangement shown.

I prefer to make the magazine, barrel, and stock of wood; but they may be made of other suitable substance.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent- The combination, with the spring and the barrel, ofthe stud-pin E and catch-trigger, arranged for holdingthe spring and the ball and for disengaging them, all substantially as specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 9th day of November, 1869.

CHESTER F. SMITH.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. MABEE, E. TATE. 

